Improvement in water-closets



N.PETERS. PHDTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C.

limited States WILLIAM I. PAGE, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters PatentNo. 92,745, dated July 20, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-CLOSETS.

The Schedulelrefen'ed to in these Letten Patent and making part of the same.

To all persons to whom these presents may come:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM I. PAGE, of Boston, of the county of Su'olk, and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful invention, having reference to Water-Closets; and do hereby declare the same to be fully described in the following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figures 1 and 2 are 4vertical sections of those parts of a water-closet which are provided withlv my invention, ythe bowl not being exhibited.

Figme 3 is atop view of the cock, and its pendulous lever to be hereinafter described.

In such drawings, the case or body for supporting Athe perforated seat B, is shown at A, the said seat at one edge being hinged to the said body.

One of the hinges is exhibited at a.

The cock of the conduit, by which water is supplied to the bowl, is represented at C.

It has a plug or conical valve, b, which revolves within it, and stands with its axis at right angles to that ofthe body c of the cock.

There is iixed to the stem fl, ofthe valve, a weighted arm, c, which exteinlsdownward from the said stem.

There projects from the upper part of the said arm, andata right angle vto it, another or shorter arm f, which after being bent upward, in manner as reprel sented, terminates in a hook, g. y

The seat B, near its free edge, or that which' is opposite to the edge which is hinged to the case of the closet, rests directly upon the top of the hooked arm.

In connection with the hooked arm and the weighted arm, I- employ two stops ht', affixed to the case, and arranged with reference to the hooked aim and the weight It ofthe arm e, in manner as represented.`

A person, during the act of sitting down upon the seat, will depress it and the hooked arm, so as to turn and open the valvev in order to enable water to flow through the con/duit and into the bowl while the sitter may be on the`s`eat.

0n the person rising from the seat, the gravitating power of the weighted arm will cause the weight and arm-to fall into their normal position, and turn and close the valve-and raise up the hooked arm so as to prcss the seat upward ready to receive another sitter. The movement of the weight will be nrestedby the lever-stop, the upper stop serving to airest the movement ofthe hooked arm and the weight when the seat is depressed.

I am aware that it is not new to apply to the seat and conduit-valve of a water-closet, a mechanism which by a downward movement of the seat will cause the valve to open, and by au upward movement of the seat will effect theclosing of such valve, and therefore I make no claim tothe principle of hinging the seat to the body or suppolting-fi'ame of the bowl, and

combining, with the seat and the cock or faucet, a mechanism such as herein -last mentioned. I am also aware that it is not new to apply, to th stem of a cock or faucet, a weighted lever or arm, such beingl common t what are termed ball-cocks or oatevalves used in water-cisterns; therefore I make` no claim to such.

The advantage of a gravitating or weighted lever applied to the stem of the valve of the waterfcloset supply-pipe, is that it'will remain constant in its action, which a spring by use does not, as in time its elasticity becomes, or ifliablc to become impaired.

The weighted lever arranged with the seat and cock, as set forth, is a very simple, cheap, and efficient mechanism for the purpose of effecting the opening and closing of the valve.

The hooks and the stops of the weighted lever perform important functions.

Were it not for the upper stop, the weight of the lower arm would be liable to be thrown with considerable .force up against the seat instantly after a sudden depression of it by a sitter, the momentum gen! erated on the weight, causing the weight to y up with force against the seat, to the annoyance of the sitter.

The weight on returning or falling back would bringf the bent arm with force against theseat, so as to produce a leverage ou the valve calculated to. soon'case it to wear uneven and the cock to leak.

The lever-stop arrests the vibration of the weighted lever after a person may rise from the seat, a vibration, which, if not cheeked, would generally cause' more or lessunnecessary waste of water.

Ths i-t will be seen that the stops and thehook of the weighted lever are productive of useful results, and enable the weighted lever to be employed to good advantage in the placeof springs and levers, or other mechanism as generally used with the water-closetv seat and valve, and which, besides being much more expensive, more liable to accident or to get out of order.

I claim the arrangement and combination of the 'hooked or bent arm f, and the weight and arm or weighted arm e,- with the valve-stem d, the cock of the supply-conduit of a water-closet, and with the seat hinged to the body-supporter or frame, as described.

I also claim the alrangement and combination of the two vstops kh i, with the hooked and bentarm, j, and the weight and arm, or weighted arm c, when'applied to the valve of the cock of a water-closet supplypipe, and arranged with the seat B, hinged to its frame A, as described.-

. WILLIAM I. PAGE.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, SAMUEL N. PIPER. 

